One foot on a banana peel, the other in the grave. That’s where Fisker Automotive and SoloPower find themselves, struggling for survival despite generous government handouts in the form of loan ...

It was only last fall when SoloPower began manufacturing at its new solar panel factory in Oregon and aimed to eventually make use of a federal loan guarantee to expand production. Now the company is ...

SoloPower, a maker of flexible thin-film solar power panels, has raised $13.5 million in its fifth round of funding from Crosslink Capital and others, according to a recent filing with the Securities ...

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The federal government is making another big bet on solar panel manufacturing with taxpayer money, hoping the third time will be the charm. SoloPower held its grand opening Thursday in Portland, Ore., ...

SoloPower pledged to create hundreds of jobs in Oregon two years ago, when unemployment here topped 9 percent and manufacturers were reeling. It tapped millions in incentives on that promise, ...

Rich Read has the details on the latest on SoloPower as participants in the world's largest solar trade show crowded around a SoloPower booth in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, to see and touch a new kind ...

Silicon Valley-based company claims industry-first UL certification for solar modules made from thin-film CIGS material which are making their way to market from multiple suppliers. Martin LaMonica is ...

Silicon Valley-based solar company SoloPower is poised to draw a loan from the Department of Energy to expand its factory, a situation that’s drawing parallels to now-infamous Solyndra. SoloPower ...

Yet another thin film manufacturer has picked up a massive funding raise. SoloPower, based in Milpitas, Calif., has taken almost $200 million to expand its manufacturing capacity, according to this ...

SoloPower, a San Jose, California-based manufacturer of high efficiency, lightweight and flexible thin-film solar cells and modules, announced today that General Wesley K. Clark (USA, Retired), former ...

Last week SoloPower opened its fab in Portland, Oregon. pv magazine has been able to gather more details as to the company s plans to achieve its goal, to ramp the fab to 400 MW. SoloPower produces ...